Even the blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn . . . or have I wasted my money on a worthless pebble?

Anyway, I just saw a lens I've never seen before and bought it straightaway, paying perhaps far too high a price! I could not find other sales for this lens. Usually I eschew zooms. But I do have a soft spot for the short zooms. This lens just sort of struck a chord with me. It's difficult to describe exactly why I jumped. And just because a lens is unfamiliar to me does not mean it is special.

The lens is either YS or T mount. I would think T mount more likely given the manufacturer. It is from the mid to late 1960's, so about fifty years old. I went the extra money on the perception of good condition. We shall see on that one!

It seems like the seller didn't know what he had. I would have thought that an early lens like that would have sold for much more than that, congratulations _________________I got where I am by avoiding where I was going.
Now where was I?